1592997144000 1435234278000 Standard Record object-201929 1753812181716 1714399845000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-201929 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201929 b37cc131-b711-33d6-9ca4-dcd1daede084 6 reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture Depth cm 6.3 Height cm 13.4 Width cm 20.2 Sculpture Applied Arts Bronze figure sculpture of a Senegalese elephant, running. M.20-2015 1 accession number M.20-2015 201929 priref 201929 Batchelor Collection old object number 6 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_20_2015 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201929 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201929 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund reference agent-166527 adlib-agent-166527 3d240ab9-5cc0-3201-953a-01170d7e3328 Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady 2015 2015 2015-04-27 bequeathed 1874 CE 1874 Original model c. 1874. First cast in bronze c. 1874. This version cast in bronze at an unknown date after 1874. after 1874 sculptor reference agent-8007 adlib-agent-8007 b9847a81-d5e5-3e2c-b666-4612f3341f31 Barye, Antoine Louis Dubbed the ‘Michelangelo of the Menagerie’ by art critic Théophile Gautier (1811–72), Barye was a Romantic realist artist based in Paris who popularised the genre of animal sculpture from the 1830s onwards. Animals were very low down in the traditional Academic hierarchy of accepted subject-matter for artists, and the term animalier (an artist specialising in animals) was coined by critics specifically for Barye as a pejorative appellation. Barye was a successful monumental sculptor, but also created hundreds of small-scale models of animals for reproduction in bronze editions for middle-class homes. His last sales catalogue of 1865 listed over 230 compositions available to order as edition bronze statuettes. Keen for accuracy, Barye studied ancient animal sculptures as well as live beasts in the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle’s menagerie, copied zoological specimens in the Musée d’Anatomie Comparée and made anatomical drawings of dead lions. Bayre’s animal portraits include single animal figures (e.g. M.19-2015) and groups of predators with prey, or in combat with each other (e.g. M.1-2015), and some with human figures (e.g. M.5-2015). This model dates from the end of Barye's life. In the 1875 inventory of his studio, three examples of the Senegalese elephant were recorded: one 'finished' and two 'unfinished'. Poletti and Richarme 2000, p. 251, estimate that less then 10 examples were cast before Barye's death. At the posthumous sale of Barye's studio in 1876, this was one of the foundry models purchased by Ferdinand Barbedienne, the highly successful editor of fine art bronzes. Senegalese elephant was an immediate success for Barbedienne and continued to be produced by the foundry into the early 20th century. reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-120306 adlib-term-120306 4c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17 literal France France country France reference term-39741 adlib-term-39741 47d44741-af05-37c3-b21e-0e278b114f3b copper alloy reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze reference term-110277 adlib-term-110277 97f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37b animal figure history note Bought from The Fine Art Society, London, May 1958 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK Model no. A 119 251-3 reference publication-8661 adlib-publication-8661 210b0f35-9eff-3a64-b3d3-54054c8a71d2 Barye. Catalogue raisonné des sculptures reference publication-1132 adlib-publication-1132 1cbed961-60c1-38bf-b28d-707191b82a8d The Barye Bronzes reference term-8399 adlib-term-8399 6611ae15-9298-340e-8c20-9fc4c7a76bf8 French

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